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COP25 climate summit: what’s happened?

Article Advertising Supplement - 13 Dec 2019

The real test will come next year in Glasgow, when countries have to make concrete commitments to reducing emissions

Climate change Bill needs to be strengthened

Article Staff Reporter - 9 Nov 2018

There appears to be no legal consequences for organs of state that fail to comply with the Bill

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A futuristic look: global warming heats up the planet

Article Sipho Kings - 21 Apr 2016

We knew that 2017 was the year to put the brakes on activities that cause global warming, but we didn’t do enough – welcome to the future.

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US, China agree on cooperation to tackle climate change

Article Reuters - 15 Feb 2014

The world's top greenhouse gas emitters, China and the United States, have signed an agreement to work together to address climate change issues.

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Russia won’t cut emissions under extended Kyoto climate pact

Article Reuters - 13 Sep 2012

Russia has confirmed it will not make cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from 2013 under the UN's Kyoto Protocol, joining Canada and Japan.

Race on to secure life after Kyoto

Article Fiona Macleod - 1 Aug 2012

Concerned countries want a new phase of the protocol to kick in immediately after it expires, writes Fiona Macleod.

Diplomats win, but climate loses

Article Fiona Macleod - 15 Dec 2011

Crucial issues were not resolved, leaving much committee work before Rio+20 and COP18.

A dummy’s guide: Making sense of COP17

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Dec 2011

COP17 has come and gone, leaving many South Africans still scratching their heads about what it all meant. You have questions, we have answers.

Canada pulls out of Kyoto Protocol

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Dec 2011

Canada has withdrawn from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, saying the accord did not represent the way forward for the country or the world.

COP17: Team SA an ‘outstanding success’

Article Staff Reporter - 12 Dec 2011

Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has hailed South Africa's role at COP17 as an "outstanding success".

Climate change group charting universal agreement

Article Staff Reporter - 11 Dec 2011

According to the presidency of COP17, an ad hoc group will now work towards charting a new universal legal agreement on climate change.

Landmark roadmap sets climate change course for 2015

Article Marlowe Hood & Richard Ingham - 11 Dec 2011

After two and a half days of round-the-clock discussions at the end of COP17, global leaders have finally agreed on a course to fight climate change.

COP17, UN climate talks in trouble as time runs out

Article Staff Reporter - 10 Dec 2011

Ministers fought to save UN climate talks from collapse, searching to narrow differences between rich and poor nations over fighting global warming.

COP17: Talks stumble toward uncertain end

Article Marlowe Hood - 10 Dec 2011

A draft global pact on climate change has boosted UN talks, already deep into overtime, but negotiators are worried it's a little too late.

COP17 commitments threaten to be a lame duck

Article Staff Reporter - 9 Dec 2011

EU climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard has stepped up warnings that if major economies do not compromise, a Durban deal may be out of reach.

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